Has Trump turned down India's R-Day invite?

October 28, 2018 10:23

United States President Donald Trump has reportedly declined India's invitation to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations, a report in NDTV says.

The report says that for the last few days, US officials have been indicating that Trump would not fly to India in January as the State of the Union address is scheduled in the winter month.

However, the ministry of external affairs has not released any statement in this regard so far.

The American embassy in New Delhi said only the White House can talk on the President's travel plans.

In early August, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders had confirmed that Trump received an invitation to visit India.

Read the full report HERE

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